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Health and Transportation – Partners in Wellness & Affordable Healthcare . Mary Leary, Vice President, Easter Seals Transportation Group National Center on Mobility Management Webinar 3-27-2014. Outline .
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Health and Transportation – Partners in Wellness & Affordable Healthcare Mary Leary, Vice President, Easter Seals Transportation Group National Center on Mobility Management Webinar 3-27-2014
Outline • Statistics underscoring growing needs for human services populations to get healthcare rides • Chronic conditions driving increased levels of disability and cost • How Accessible Communities Can Help • Trends and key concepts for building bridges with healthcare systems • Value proposition for the intersection of health and transportation
Disability and Aging Demographics • 37,326,100 of in US reported one or more disabilities (12.1%) • 11M Older Adults have over 5 chronic conditions • 14% of people with disabilities have conditions that affect mobility (5M) Potential Need for Ride • 51.5% of Older Adults over 75 have disabilities (28M people are 70 or older) • 70M Older Adults 50+ have one or more chronic condition
Greater the number of Chronic Conditions the greater the cost Cost
Major Formal and Informal Transportation Options for Community Health Needs
Livable Communities with Accessible Transportation Options Can Mitigate Chronic Conditions
Trends and key concepts for building bridges with healthcare systems
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Healthcare Transformation AIMS • Improve access to care • Improve patient outcomes • Reduce value based costs
Examples of Business Case – Approaches to Quantifying Need and Benefit for Access to Transportation Options
Summary – Mobility Managers Can Be Key in Improving Health and Wellness for their communities • Learn about the health/wellness needs and stakeholders in your community • Connect with people with disabilities and older adults to understand their preferences and concerns regarding healthcare access • Build relationships with public health, mental health, long term services/supports, medical care and other healthcare services providers to identify issues and cost pressures • Apply your expertise and teach them about multi-modal resources, help them connect into your coordinated transportation work • Much more information is available on healthy behaviors and health indicators at the county level • For more assistance or help with quantifying need, just call the NCMM - 866-846-6400 • Also, check out the Easter Seals Project ACTION Brochure on planning for transportation after a medical procedures are: http://www.projectaction.org/Initiatives/HealthTransportation.aspx
Resources/Sources • Singh, Mahender. 2008. “Chronic Care Driving a Fundamental Shift in Health Care Supply Chains.” MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. Retrieved 10-31-2013 from URL: http://esd.mit.edu/staging/research/vignette/wp_singh_chronic_care.pdf • MIT Technology Review. 2013. “Where do the Healthcare Dollars Go?.” Retrieved 10-31-2013 from URL: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/519981/infographic-most-expensive-health-care-technology/ • Lynott, J. Fox-Grange, W. Guzman, S. 2013. “Weaving It Together, A Tapestry of Transportation Funding for Older Adults”. AARP Public Policy Institute. April 2013. P. 15 • Tinetti, Mary E., Fried, Terri R., Boyd, Cynthia M. 2012. “Designing Health Care for the Most Common Chronic Condition – Multimorbidity.” JAMA, June 20,2012-Vol. 307, No. 23 p. 2493. Article referenced these statistics from another researcher noted in references as Anderson, G. Chronic care: Making the Case for Ongoing Care. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010. • Farber, N. Rall, J. 2010. “Human Services State Transportation Coordination Profile: Florida”. National Conference of State Legislatures. September 2010. • CMS. 2012. “Chronic Conditions among Medicare Beneficiaries Chartbook 2012 Edition. P. 22. Retrieved 10-31-2013 from URL: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Chronic-Conditions/Downloads/2012Chartbook.pdf • “Chronic Conditions among older Americans.” P. 12. Retrieved 10-31-2013 from URL: http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/beyond_50_hcr_conditions.pdf • State and County Health Rankings: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/